I think you'd get data loss if you stored the following data: 111111111 100000001 111111111 IE, the bit in the center will fall out and read as 1's, where they should be 0's. Also, I'm not sure it's as safe from nieces and nephews as my current harddisks. On 27/11/06, Tony Smith wrote: > > > This claims to be a new method of storing data at high > > density on paper. > > > I'll go on record as saying that (I think that) the claims are > > > rubbish, but it will be interesting to see if we are all > > storing our > > > data on paper in a few years time. > > > > > > OMG!!! Data can be stored on PAPER!!! What will they think of next? > > > > > > (Hey, I couldn't be the only one thinking it :-) > > > > -Denny > > > Yes, I think lots of people will poke holes in it. > > ...wait a minute... > > That's an idea! Poke holes in paper! It would be just like binary, a hole > means 1, no hole means 0. You could even shine a light though it. Optical > readers, cool. If you got the old fan-fold paper, you could have massive > storage. How many holes can you poke in a box of that? > > Quick, to the patent office! > > Tony > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist